Today's Features

Growing tomatoes is a popular hobby for many home gardeners. It has been difficult to grow tomatoes during the past several years because of factors like extreme temperatures, dry conditions, tomato spotted-wilt virus and blossom-end rot diseases.

Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Sarah Formyduval of Shallotte and Christopher Garner of Albemarle. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ishmael Formyduval of Boiling Spring Lakes. The prospective groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kennie Garner of Holden Beach. A May 28 wedding is planned in Southport.

During the last month, my wife and I have made our weekly jaunt to the local farm market for lettuce and tomatoes. Every time we went, I’ve noticed some really large, overgrown white radishes, called Daikon radishes.

BOLIVIA–Mount Olive Baptist Church in Bolivia is kicking off a series to honor retired pastors in the local area at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 22, with a service honoring the Rev. Weston Varnum.

Varnum accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of 31. Desiring to become a preacher, he began prayer meetings and was ordained as a minister of the Gospel at Sabbath Home Baptist Church.

He studied at Piedmont Bible College and then graduated at Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute in 1954.

A crowd of 130 and 15 celebrity waiters were in the spotlight at the first Celebrity Waiter Dinner, a Roaring ’20s-themed fundraiser May 12 at Sea Trail to benefit The Ruth House, a nonprofit, future Christian-based home and program for teenage girls.